Fears of contaminated soil on Oak Ridges Moraine

[Shwa]

Interesting story from the Star about a soil dump on the Oak Ridges Moraine.

Fears of contaminated soil on Oak Ridges Moraine

Growing concerns among residents about possible contamination prompted the Township of Scugog to yank the dumping permit last October.

But 2241960 Ontario Inc., a company operating under the name Earthworx Industries, has ignored the decision, and still has loaded trucks coming to the site six days a week. It says it is not subject to the municipality’s rules because it is building an aerodrome, which is regulated by Transport Canada.

The township is going to Superior Court on Monday to set a date for an injunction hearing, while Earthworx wants to argue in Divisional Court that the township does not have jurisdiction.

The interesting thing here is that work for Federal government entities usurps municipal or provincial bylaws to protect the Moraine. One would think that DOT would get involved right from the get-go to ensure any of their projects meet environmental standards, but this doesn't seem to be the case if this issue has gotten this far.

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One would think that DOT would get involved right from the get-go to ensure any of their projects meet environmental standards

I wouldn't assume that at all. In fact I think people would be foolish to assume anything the federal government does meets the standards it imposes on everyone else.

There are more than a few old contaminated DOT sites in my region on the west coast. Then there are all the navigation lights up and down the coast that they "serviced" over the years. This included replacing the old batteries with new ones every so often. The old ones were just thrown into the chuck. I can't imagine why they wouldn't have done this at every single navigation light in the country.

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I wouldn't assume that at all. In fact I think people would be foolish to assume anything the federal government does meets the standards it imposes on everyone else.

This is 100% true, and very very sad and quite disturbing at the same time.

'Don't do as I do, do as I say', kind of mentality.